Christmas Surprise: A Contrarian Christmas

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Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him.
Ephesians 3:17

Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.
John 14:23 (NLT)

2. JESUS IS WITH US

“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Matthew 1:23 (NLT)

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is.
2 Timothy 2:13 (NLT)

“…And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20 (NLT)

3. JESUS CAME TO US

“Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus…”
Luke 1:30-31 (NLT)

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
Galatians 4:4-5 (NLT)

For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Hebrews 9:14 (NLT)